Season 1 | Episode 2
iN THIS EPISODE:
This episode shifts from Brian’s personal history to a breakdown of Jewish identity itself. Brian walks through the core values of Judaism, including commitment to the Ten Commandments and the 613 mitzvot, the obligation of Tikkun Olam (repairing the world), a culture built on questioning rather than blind acceptance, and a matriarchal structure for determining Jewish identity.
From there, he turns to Canada's own history of exclusion, from Jewish quotas in law, medicine, and universities to housing bans and country club restrictions that persisted well into the 20th century.
He credits Jewish Canadians with building parallel institutions (hospitals, law firms, social services) in response, and points to outsized contributions in science, medicine, and civil rights as evidence of what community resilience produced despite the barriers.
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